LUCKNOW, Sept. 23 -- Leopard scare has returned to the state capital after an online video showed a wild animal crossing a road purportedly in the Cantonment area.

Such fears aren't new to Lucknow, where leopard sightings have been reported multiple times in the past. In December 2021, a leopard was seen in Jankipuram and attacked people; in November 2023, another died in a road accident on Shaheed Path; and in February this year, one strayed into a guest house in Para when a wedding was underway there.

Meanwhile, six camera traps were set up and more forest teams assembled on Monday. "Though we are not sure if the animal seen in a video is a leopard or a silver cat, we have intensified the search for it," said Sitanshu Pandey, the divi...